kahimaregi
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Example: Overripe, can be put into seawater for up to 3 months to ferment, then drunk for intoxication
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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kamkariamkari
kawehae
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Example: Used for kastom ceremonies as it has a large bundle of tubers
Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar
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khaw khawisel
konianaker
koniapit
kwanapɨt
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Example: To get strength back in your body, take a double handful of leaves in 1/2 of 1.5 l bottle, drink all at once. Children take the seeds of this plant and put them together in a ball to play with.
Scientific name: Hanslia ormocarpoides, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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kwankumaha
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[kwankuma]
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Example: The leaves of this plant are used to feed to pigs.
Scientific name: Psychotria, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nageruk
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Example: Hunting: Flying foxes are attracted to this plant for their flowers. As a result, hunters gather around this plant when they desire to hunt the flying fox. Fuel: Used as a firewood.
Scientific name: Geissois denhamii, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nakgar
nalalas
napkapy
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Example: Leaves are used as pig feed to make them grow faster. fed to pigs to make them grow faster. Various butterflied can also get stuck on this plant, so bird’s can also get stuck when trying to eat these insects and can then be hunted or collected.
Scientific name: Pisonia umbellifera, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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nathan
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Example: Timber. Birds are known to eat this fruit so people can hunt near the tree. Unspecified medicine.
Scientific name: Myristica fatua, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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neiuck
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Example: If someone has swollen legs or arms, like from bruises or boils, crush leaves and rub on the swollen area twice a day for 1 week, or until sores disappear. For anemia, take a double handful of leaves, squeeze into 1 L water, and drink one bottle three day for 2 weeks.
Scientific name: Plectranthus scutellarioides, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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niemes
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Example: Green fruits are edible. To eat the leaves, cook them in boiling water for 5-10 minutes, eat with coconut milk. The younger leaves should be the ones harvested for eating. The leaves can also be used to bake a pig in an earth oven, wrap the leaves around the pig. The wood is good for firewood and a person can start the dried wood with no match. The leaves of this plant can be eaten with another, unspecified leaf to stop vomiting. When the fruits are ripe the flying fox and birds like to eat these fruits.
Scientific name: Ficus, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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ning
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Example: When thatching a house, put the coconut leaves on the crossbars, and then push the stem of this plant into the coconut leaves and bend them over to hold the coconut leaves. Use the stems of this plant as a support for yam vines. Use the stem to make arrows.
Scientific name: Miscanthus sinensis, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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nuhak
nukuk-arman
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Example: Unspecified secret medicine
Scientific name: Belvisia revoluta, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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parangi
pawpawuk pitew
Scientific name: Hypolimnas bolina, Speaker: Martial wahe
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penesu
penesu
prigsiwir ~ marasaw
Takiaew sei tasi
yapha
yesu